Even before the dust had settled on Centre Court’s worn out baseline after Andy Murray’s historic Olympic victory, speculation began on his chances at the U.S. Open coming up later this month. But perhaps it’s best for the tennis world to savor and spend at least few minutes reflecting on [...]
For Full Draw Click Here: Toronto Masters Men’s Draw With most tournaments it’s usually a matter of who is playing, but at the Toronto Masters all the talk is about who isn’t playing. Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal head a lengthy field of withdrawals from the tournament, with more expected [...]
In a March 2011 Tennis magazine article, Tom Perrotta asserted, “In tennis, technique is vastly overrated.” That will go down as the six most foolish words ever written in tennis history. They will also prove the most damaging to any inexperienced players who believe them. Technique alone does not make [...]
After Tsonga’s marathon match in R2 against Milos Raonic yesterday, which he won 25-23 in the deciding set, tennis observers would have been well-justified to suspect that Tsonga would not be able to withstand the pressure of another match against a formidable, if not always consistent, opponent in Feliciano [...]
Tennis returned to Olympics in the 1988 Seoul Olympics after a gap of 64 years as it was left out after the 1924 Paris Olympics. Miloslav Mecir won the Gold Medal in singles and Steffi Graf grabbed the women’s singles title in Seoul. There have been a number of huge [...]
2012 ATP Aces, through week of June 25, 2012 Position Player Aces Matches 1 Raonic, Milos 533 35 2 Isner, John 477 34 3 Anderson, Kevin 379 34 4 Federer, Roger 361 45 5 Almagro, Nicolas 354 50 6 Berdych, Tomas 353 46 7 Tipsarevic, Janko 326 43 8 Tsonga, [...]
2012 ATP Aces, through week of July 16, 2012 Position Player Aces Matches 1 Raonic, Milos 609 39 2 Isner, John 580 40 3 Almagro, Nicolas 454 57 4 Federer, Roger 432 52 5 Anderson, Kevin 399 35 6 Tipsarevic, Janko 390 50 7 Tsonga, Jo-Wilfried 386 47 8 Kohlschreiber, [...]
What is more treasured: a Grand Slam title or an Olympics gold medal? When tennis returned to the Olympic Games as a medal sport in 1988 after a 64-year hiatus, even posing this question was unimaginable. Cynics and critics, including the esteemed writer-broadcaster Bud Collins, then contended tennis didn’t need [...]
ATP Stats Week of December 17, 2012 Points Won Returning 2nd Serve Pos Player % Matches 1 Murray, Andy 56 72 2 Djokovic, Novak 56 87 3 Nadal, Rafael 55 48 4 Ferrer, David 54 91 5 Youzhny, Mikhail 54 54 6 Nishikori, Kei 53 55 7 Davydenko, Nikolay 53 [...]
ATP Stats Week of November 26, 2012 Points Won Returning 2nd Serve Pos Player % Matches 1 Murray, Andy 56 72 2 Djokovic, Novak 56 87 3 Nadal, Rafael 55 48 4 Ferrer, David 54 91 5 Youzhny, Mikhail 54 54 6 Nishikori, Kei 53 55 7 Davydenko, Nikolay 53 [...]
ATP Stats Week of December 3, 2012 Points Won Returning 2nd Serve Pos Player % Matches 1 Murray, Andy 56 72 2 Djokovic, Novak 56 87 3 Nadal, Rafael 55 48 4 Ferrer, David 54 91 5 Youzhny, Mikhail 54 54 6 Nishikori, Kei 53 55 7 Davydenko, Nikolay 53 [...]
ATP Stats Week of December 10, 2012 Points Won Returning 2nd Serve Pos Player % Matches 1 Murray, Andy 56 72 2 Djokovic, Novak 56 87 3 Nadal, Rafael 55 48 4 Ferrer, David 54 91 5 Youzhny, Mikhail 54 54 6 Nishikori, Kei 53 55 7 Davydenko, Nikolay 53 [...]
ATP Stats Week of October 29, 2012 Points Won Returning 2nd Serve Pos Player % Matches 1 Murray, Andy 57 66 2 Djokovic, Novak 56 81 3 Nadal, Rafael 55 48 4 Ferrer, David 54 81 5 Youzhny, Mikhail 54 53 6 Nishikori, Kei 53 54 7 Davydenko, Nikolay 53 [...]
ATP Stats Week of November 5, 2012 Points Won Returning 2nd Serve Pos Player % Matches 1 Murray, Andy 56 68 2 Djokovic, Novak 56 82 3 Nadal, Rafael 55 48 4 Ferrer, David 54 86 5 Youzhny, Mikhail 54 54 6 Nishikori, Kei 53 55 7 Davydenko, Nikolay 53 [...]
